Handwashing and Detergent Treatment Greatly Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load on Halloween Candy Handled by COVID-19 Patients

Handwashing and Detergent Treatment Greatly Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load on Halloween Candy Handled by COVID-19 Patients

ABSTRACT Although SARS-CoV-2 is primarily transmitted by respiratory droplets and aerosols, transmission by fomites remains plausible. During Halloween, a major event for children in numerous countries, SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk via candy fomites worries many parents. To address this concern, we...

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Main Authors: Rodolfo A. Salido, Sydney C. Morgan, Maria I. Rojas, Celestine G. Magallanes, Clarisse Marotz, Peter DeHoff, Pedro Belda-Ferre, Stefan Aigner, Deborah M. Kado, Gene W. Yeo, Jack A. Gilbert, Louise Laurent, Forest Rohwer, Rob Knight
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-12-01
Series:mSystems
Subjects:
COVID-19
Halloween
LAMP
RT-qPCR
SARS-CoV-2
candy
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.01074-20

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